15 Homemade Snacks for the Lunchbox via The Kitchn August 22 2012

I want to marry The Kitchn. They just posted these amazing snacks that you can make at home for the kids lunchboxes. The recipe for the granola bars is below. Click here for the 14 other amazing snack recipes!

Crunchy Granola Bars

9x9” pan, about a dozen long bars

You can shift around these ingredients depending on what you have around, but these make a satisfying snack or quick breakfast.

Preheat oven to 325°. Line 8- or 9-inch square pan with a long sheet of parchment paper (you want longer ends than the length of the pan). Warm soy butte,r honey, brown rice syrup, vanilla, and brown sugar until sugar has melted and soy butter has thinned. Mix dry ingredients in big bowl and dust with cinnamon. Pour liquid on top, mixing as you go. When everything is equally coated, spread the mixture into the pan. Press mixture down with long ends of the parchment paper. Bake for about 25 minutes. When you remove the pan from the oven, again use long ends of the parchment to press bars flat. Allow to cool completely before touching again. When totally cooled and hard, lift the ends of the parchment and put onto a cutting board and cut into longish bars or squares.

Note:You can add crushed almonds or slivered ones, or toasted coconut if you like, or raisins — golden and brown — if desired.